Posted by sega_sai 6/29/2025
I wonder if different fake swear words may have had a different outcome.
"Johnny, Momma tells me you said X. That's pretty bad, but at least you didn't say the worst word..."
"What's that?" "Can't tell you!" <negotiations> "OK, but you have to PROMISE you'll never say it in front of Momma. It's <whispers> booglashek."
Next day, all his friends were over, calling each other booglasheks.
Lucy Ricardo: OK, what are they?
Percy Livermore: [with emphasis] One of them is "swell" and the other one is "lousy".
Fred Mertz: Well, give us the lousy one first.